Fasciolosis (also known as fascioliasis, fasciolasis, distomatosis and liver rot) is a parasitic worm infection caused by the common liver fluke Fasciola hepatica as well as by Fasciola gigantica.
Opisthorchiasis
Opisthorchiasis is a parasitic disease caused by species in the genus Opisthorchis (specifically, Opisthorchis viverrini and Opisthorchis felineus).
Helminths
Helminths (/ˈhɛlmɪnθs/), also commonly known as parasitic worms, are large multicellular organisms, which when mature can generally be seen with the naked eye.
Dracunculiasis
Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease (GWD), is an infection by the Guinea worm.
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes.
Paragonimiasis
Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani.
Trichinosis
Trichinosis, trichinellosis or trichiniasis is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of the genus Trichinella.
Acanthocheilonemiasis
Acanthocheilonemiasis is a rare tropical infectious disease caused by a parasite known as Acanthocheilonema perstans.
Angiostrongyliasis
Angiostrongyliasis is an infection by a nematode from the Angiostrongylus genus of kidney and alimentary tract roundworms.
Ascariasis
Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides.
Fasciolopsiasis
Fasciolopsiasis results from an infection by the trematode Fasciolopsis buski, the largest intestinal fluke of humans (up to 7.5 cm in length).
Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness and Robles disease, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus.
Filariasis
Filariasis (or philariasis) is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type.
Echinococcosis
Echinococcosis, also called hydatid disease, hydatidosis, or echinococcal disease, is a parasitic disease of tapeworms of the Echinococcus type.
Ancylostomiasis
Ancylostomiasis (also anchylostomiasis or ankylostomiasis) is a hookworm disease caused by infection with Ancylostoma hookworms.
Cutaneous larva migrans
Cutaneous larva migrans (abbreviated CLM) is a skin disease in humans, caused by the larvae of various nematode parasites of the hookworm family (Ancylostomatidae).
Cysticercosis
Cysticercosis is a tissue infection caused by the young form of the pork tapeworm.
Diphyllobothriasis
Diphyllobothriasis is the infection caused by tapeworms of the Diphyllobothrium genus, commonly Diphyllobothrium latum.
Dirofilariasis
Dirofilariasis is an infection by parasites in the Dirofilaria genus.
Gnathostomiasis
Gnathostomiasis (also known as larva migrans profundus) is the human infection caused by the nematode (roundworm) Gnathostoma spinigerum and/or Gnathostoma hispidum, which infects vertebrates.
Helminthiasis
Helminthiasis (plural helminthiases), also known as worm infection, is any macroparasitic disease of humans and other animals in which a part of the body is infected with parasitic worms, known as helminths.
Hymenolepiasis
Hymenolepiasis is infestation by one of two species of tapeworm: Hymenolepis nana or H.
Intestinal capillariasis
Capillariasis is a disease in the group of helminthiasis diseases caused by the nematode Capillaria philippinensis.
Loa loa filariasis
Loa loa filariasis is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm Loa loa.
Necatoriasis
Necatoriasis is the condition of infection by Necator hookworms, such as Necator americanus.
Sparganosis
Sparganosis is a parasitic infection caused by the plerocercoid larvae of diphyllobothroid tapeworms belonging to the genus Spirometra.
Swimmer's itch
Swimmer’s itch or cercarial dermatitis, is a short-term immune reaction occurring in the skin of humans that have been infected by water-borne schistosomatidae.
Strongyloidiasis
Strongyloidiasis is a human parasitic disease caused by the nematode (roundworm) called Strongyloides stercoralis, or sometimes S.
Taeniasis
Taeniasis is a parasitic disease due to infection with tapeworms belonging to the genus Taenia.
Thelaziasis
Thelaziasis (occasionally spelled "thelaziosis") is the term for infestation with parasitic nematodes of the genus Thelazia.
Toxocariasis
Toxocariasis is an illness of humans caused by larvae (immature worms) of either the dog roundworm (Toxocara canis), the cat roundworm (Toxocara cati) or the fox roundworm (Toxocara canis).
Trichuriasis
Trichuriasis, also known as whipworm infection, is an infection by the parasitic worm Trichuris trichiura (whipworm).
Anthelmintic
Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are a group of antiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminths) and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host.
Alveolar hydatid disease
Alveolar hydatid disease (AHD), also known as alveolar echinococcosis, alveolar colloid of the liver, alveolococcosis, multilocular echinococcosis, and small fox tapeworm is a form of echinococcosis, and is a disease that originates from a parasite.
Pinworm infection
Pinworm infection, also known as enterobiasis, is a human parasitic disease caused by the pinworm.
Capillariasis
Capillariasis is a disease caused by nematodes in the Capillaria genus.
Visceral larva migrans
Visceral larva migrans is a condition in humans caused by the migratory larvae of certain nematodes, humans being a dead-end host, and was first reported in 1952.
Tapeworm infection
Tapeworm infection is the infestation of the digestive tract by a species of parasitic cestodal flatworm called tapeworms.
Fasciolosis (also known as fascioliasis, fasciolasis, distomatosis and liver rot) is a parasitic worm infection caused by the common liver fluke Fasciola hepatica as well as by Fasciola gigantica.
Opisthorchiasis
Opisthorchiasis is a parasitic disease caused by species in the genus Opisthorchis (specifically, Opisthorchis viverrini and Opisthorchis felineus).
Helminths
Helminths (/ˈhɛlmɪnθs/), also commonly known as parasitic worms, are large multicellular organisms, which when mature can generally be seen with the naked eye.
Dracunculiasis
Dracunculiasis, also called Guinea-worm disease (GWD), is an infection by the Guinea worm.
Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis, also known as snail fever, is a disease caused by parasitic flatworms called schistosomes.
Paragonimiasis
Paragonimiasis is a food-borne parasitic infection caused by the lung fluke, most commonly Paragonimus westermani.
Trichinosis
Trichinosis, trichinellosis or trichiniasis is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms of the genus Trichinella.
Acanthocheilonemiasis
Acanthocheilonemiasis is a rare tropical infectious disease caused by a parasite known as Acanthocheilonema perstans.
Angiostrongyliasis
Angiostrongyliasis is an infection by a nematode from the Angiostrongylus genus of kidney and alimentary tract roundworms.
Ascariasis
Ascariasis is a disease caused by the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides.
Fasciolopsiasis
Fasciolopsiasis results from an infection by the trematode Fasciolopsis buski, the largest intestinal fluke of humans (up to 7.5 cm in length).
Onchocerciasis
Onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness and Robles disease, is a disease caused by infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus.
Filariasis
Filariasis (or philariasis) is a parasitic disease caused by an infection with roundworms of the Filarioidea type.
Echinococcosis
Echinococcosis, also called hydatid disease, hydatidosis, or echinococcal disease, is a parasitic disease of tapeworms of the Echinococcus type.
Ancylostomiasis
Ancylostomiasis (also anchylostomiasis or ankylostomiasis) is a hookworm disease caused by infection with Ancylostoma hookworms.
Cutaneous larva migrans
Cutaneous larva migrans (abbreviated CLM) is a skin disease in humans, caused by the larvae of various nematode parasites of the hookworm family (Ancylostomatidae).
Cysticercosis
Cysticercosis is a tissue infection caused by the young form of the pork tapeworm.
Diphyllobothriasis
Diphyllobothriasis is the infection caused by tapeworms of the Diphyllobothrium genus, commonly Diphyllobothrium latum.
Dirofilariasis
Dirofilariasis is an infection by parasites in the Dirofilaria genus.
Gnathostomiasis
Gnathostomiasis (also known as larva migrans profundus) is the human infection caused by the nematode (roundworm) Gnathostoma spinigerum and/or Gnathostoma hispidum, which infects vertebrates.
Helminthiasis
Helminthiasis (plural helminthiases), also known as worm infection, is any macroparasitic disease of humans and other animals in which a part of the body is infected with parasitic worms, known as helminths.
Hymenolepiasis
Hymenolepiasis is infestation by one of two species of tapeworm: Hymenolepis nana or H.
Intestinal capillariasis
Capillariasis is a disease in the group of helminthiasis diseases caused by the nematode Capillaria philippinensis.
Loa loa filariasis
Loa loa filariasis is a skin and eye disease caused by the nematode worm Loa loa.
Necatoriasis
Necatoriasis is the condition of infection by Necator hookworms, such as Necator americanus.
Sparganosis
Sparganosis is a parasitic infection caused by the plerocercoid larvae of diphyllobothroid tapeworms belonging to the genus Spirometra.
Swimmer's itch
Swimmer’s itch or cercarial dermatitis, is a short-term immune reaction occurring in the skin of humans that have been infected by water-borne schistosomatidae.
Strongyloidiasis
Strongyloidiasis is a human parasitic disease caused by the nematode (roundworm) called Strongyloides stercoralis, or sometimes S.
Taeniasis
Taeniasis is a parasitic disease due to infection with tapeworms belonging to the genus Taenia.
Thelaziasis
Thelaziasis (occasionally spelled "thelaziosis") is the term for infestation with parasitic nematodes of the genus Thelazia.
Toxocariasis
Toxocariasis is an illness of humans caused by larvae (immature worms) of either the dog roundworm (Toxocara canis), the cat roundworm (Toxocara cati) or the fox roundworm (Toxocara canis).
Trichuriasis
Trichuriasis, also known as whipworm infection, is an infection by the parasitic worm Trichuris trichiura (whipworm).
Anthelmintic
Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are a group of antiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminths) and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host.
Alveolar hydatid disease
Alveolar hydatid disease (AHD), also known as alveolar echinococcosis, alveolar colloid of the liver, alveolococcosis, multilocular echinococcosis, and small fox tapeworm is a form of echinococcosis, and is a disease that originates from a parasite.
Pinworm infection
Pinworm infection, also known as enterobiasis, is a human parasitic disease caused by the pinworm.
Capillariasis
Capillariasis is a disease caused by nematodes in the Capillaria genus.
Visceral larva migrans
Visceral larva migrans is a condition in humans caused by the migratory larvae of certain nematodes, humans being a dead-end host, and was first reported in 1952.
Tapeworm infection
Tapeworm infection is the infestation of the digestive tract by a species of parasitic cestodal flatworm called tapeworms.
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